Big Brother and the Grim Reaper : Political Life after Death

Ginsberg, Benjamin

Michigan State University Press（2024/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 164 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781611865080
• DDC分類 306.9

Full Description

States are thought only to exercise power over the land of the living. Benjamin Ginsberg argues otherwise, exploring the state's reach into the realm of the Grim Reaper, bureaucratizing death to strengthen the state's hold on life. He notes that increasingly institutions are using the regulation of death as an essential source of power. They do this by not only threatening death to their enemies but also securing loyalty and obedience by extending citizens' lives and promising to effectuate the postmortem fulfillment of citizens' antemortem desires. The state treats the loyal dead with respect, sometimes offering them a place in the secular afterlife of honor and memory, while consigning the faithless to the void.

Contents

Contents Chapter 1. The Thanatotic Contract Chapter 2. The Secularization of Death Chapter 3. The Rights of the Dead Chapter 4. The Power of the Dead Chapter 5. Oblivion Chapter 6. Resurrection Afterword. Death and Change Notes